[codecrusade]

A marketing pitch for sanitary pads. Cloth and traditional alternatives worked wonderfully in India for thousands of years, but who listens..

>>Nielsen, a research firm, estimates that around 70% of women in the country cannot afford sanitary products: 300m use unhygienic alternatives like newspapers, dry leaves and cotton rags.

[vict00ms]

>>70% of all reproductive diseases in India are caused by poor menstrual hygiene

From the article. I don't agree with your assessment that these "traditional alternatives" are working "wonderfully".

[codecrusade]

Have you been in India? Do you know anything about menstural hygiene?

[adrianN]

I'm not so sure that dry leaves work just as well as pads.